PUTC: We Test Two Chevrolet Silverado V-6s at Davis Dam

In this twin Chevrolet test, we measured our Silverado 1500 4.3-liter V-6 data against data from our previous Ram 1500 Pentastar 3.6-liter V-6 test for comparison purposes; the results may surprise you. We tried to keep as many of the variables involved as identical as possible throughout the test, but we should note there were some subtle differences. The full story will be posted Monday.
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Im more worried how public perception will be after congress gets a hold of GM with the ignition issue.Losing a comparo test aint no big deal. Ram sales are on the rise while the GM twins are on the decline, combine that with a very justified witch hunt and THAT is the problem.But I do agree with the question because things are not well in GM land.What now GM? What now?

It will be just like Toyota. Most people will pretty much ignore it. A few will jump ship. And a few will justify buying something else because of some recalls.

I'm not sure what to be surprised about in this test. Either the extra torque does the job. Or the gearing advantage with two extra gears does. And I would expect some sort of mpg difference to match. Maybe the surprise is that they perform virtually identically. That would surprise me.
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Not much, really. It'd be a kick in the shins but the sales numbers are the thing, and I don't think the gas V6 segment will still count for much there. Hey, the smallblock Silverado WON a compare or two since it debuted and that hasn't helped much to this point either. GM either has to hope sales pick up or he happy with the profit per vehicle it's currently getting and hope the big SUVs continue to sell well enough to make up some of the difference.

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Transaction prices for the Gm twin are rising and the difference is that GM isn't putting million dollar under the hod to move the truck.
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Yup - pretty close to the same. Pick either truck based on very small differences. So if GM does get more gears behind that 4.3 it ought to do a bit better.
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IF the transmission has enough gears to put the engine rpm at power peak for the needed vehicle speed and load (and eight well-chosen ratios beats six), then torque rating doesn't matter - it's a simple power-to-weight ratio for acceleration (at least up to speeds where aerodynamics become significant). The Pentastar V-6 has more power than the GM 4.3L. Done. The outcome is completely predictable.